_Monday, 6_.--I read, in the _Boston Bee_, a letter from Elder George J. Adams, and also another communication showing the progress of the truth in Boston and vicinity. At nine o'clock, called in my office, and requested Dr. Richards to write to the _Bee_; after which, I recited in German until dinner, and in the evening rode out to visit the sick. The Municipal Court was in session to hear any complaints against the city assessment, but none appeared. {299} In the evening a grand display of burning prairie on the Iowa side of the river. _Tuesday, 7_.--I was in my office at nine a. m., and reviewed my decision in the case of Brink _versus_ Dana, and conversing with Dr. Richards on the subject of medicine. After dinner, I executed several deeds for city lots, and settled with the purchasers, assisted by William Clayton. Brother David Manhard, of Lee county, Iowa, brought me two loads of corn and one hog; for which may the Lord bless him! East wind through the day. Commenced raining at three p. m. _Wednesday, 8_.--In office at eight a. m., and signed some documents in relation to the Nauvoo Legion, and also settling with William Ford. Rode out with Mr. John B. Cowan in the evening. In the evening, a meeting was held in the house of Elder Heber C. Kimball, which was crowded. He preached from Jeremiah xvii, 2-5, on the figure of clay in the hands of the potter. The ship _Yorkshire_ left Liverpool, England, with eighty-three Saints on board, under the supervision of Elders Thomas Bullock and Richard Rushton. A terrible earthquake occurred at Guadeloupe and other West India Islands. Thousands of persons buried under the ruins of the fallen houses. [Sidenote: Precaution against Missouri Movements against the Prophet in Iowa.] _Thursday, 9_.--Mr. John B. Cowan took the decision of Judge Pope in the United States District Court, on the 5th January last, and other papers relating thereto, also Mr. Butterfield's opinion, to lay before the governor of Iowa, in order to induce him to recall a writ issued on the requisition of the governor of Missouri, for my arrest, in case I should visit my friends in Iowa. I told Brother Phelps that he should be a lawyer and understand law, and the time will come when I shall not {300} need say to you, Thus and thus is the law; for you shall know it. E. H. Mower wrote me from Clinton county, Indiana, that he had recently baptized thirty-two, and a great many were inquiring after the truth. William O. Clark gave me a load of corn, and Sanford Porter gave me a hog. Rain and sleet the whole of the day. _Friday, 10_.--Clear and cold day.